This is the first auction held by Long Xia. Another purpose of renting such a large room is for this purpose. If other rare things can be found in the future, they can also be auctioned.
The people in the carriages outside the door are all the leading wealthy families in the capital. They are all rich and powerful people. Even though Yuxi Road is blocked, no one dares to step forward and take action.
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As for Chen Mu, he dressed up as a servant sweeping the floor, busy around, and quietly watching the development of the situation.
It wasn't until Chenshi that the door of the bookstore was opened. The previous bookcases had long been put aside. Now there were racks of chairs and tables throughout the room, and pots of hot tea had been brewed.
There is a standard for the auction, that is, you must bring at least one hundred taels of gold before you can enter the auction house.
This is why Chen Mu took the position to prevent some people from coming to watch the excitement.
Soon, more than 200 people were all occupied. Among them were rich merchants, young masters from wealthy families, and even the madams and oirans from the brothels.
What's more, there are many officials' children, including civil servants and military generals. They must have been sent by the elders in the family. Chen Mu even saw Cang Jin running here a few days ago.
These two hundred people can almost be regarded as the top group of people in the celebrity circle in the capital.
The auction was about to begin, but before Kawako came on stage, the audience started shouting.
"Where is King Shuchuan? Why is he a little girl?"
"I have another purpose in coming here, and that is to meet the King of Shuchuan."
Most of the children of civil servants were only interested in calligraphy and painting and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The ones who kept clamoring were the descendants of these generals.
These people came from a family of military generals, but they had never been on the battlefield. At the same age, Chen Mu had already led an army to annihilate 70,000 Tatar cavalry, and was awarded the title of King with a different surname.
In the eyes of these military generals' children, Chen Mu is already equivalent to the idol of future generations. Why don't you want to see him in person?
What's more, there are some rich ladies, why don't they want to see the true appearance of King Shuchuan?
The audience suddenly became noisy, but Kawako explained very calmly: "Your Majesty, I feel cold occasionally, and I will meet you all soon."
Although I regret not seeing Chen Mu, the main purpose of coming here is after all, these poems, paintings and fine wine.
It can be seen that in a short while, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be here. It is the time when all walks of life interact with each other. Gold and silver are too tacky, so nothing is as endearing as these twenty masterpieces and this altar of fine wine.
Next, Kawako explained the rules of the auction.
The base price of each painting is fifty taels of gold, with an increase of ten taels of gold.
"Okay, okay, I got it, let's get started."
As the impatient voice of a noble family member ceased, Kawako slowly took out the poem of remembrance that had been on display from the backstage.
This is also the most exquisite painting and lyrics among the four paintings on display. Most people present actually came here for this painting. Although there are twenty paintings in total, at least in the eyes of everyone, even Chen
Mu, it is impossible to reach the high level of painting and poetry.
"Lovesickness words, start shooting!"
Immediately afterwards there was a burst of bidding.
"One hundred taels of gold!"
"You are worth one hundred and fifty taels!"
"Crushed to death, two hundred taels!"
In just half a cup of tea, it only took Chen Mu an hour to complete the painting, which directly increased to two hundred taels of gold.
This was already an extremely high price, but it was not over yet. A female voice suddenly sounded from the audience.
"Three hundred taels of gold, I want it."
The voice was very graceful and majestic. It can be seen that if the painting was exchanged for silver, it would already be worth nearly three thousand taels.
Spending so much money at one time just to buy this painting really surprised everyone.
Following the line of voice, they found out that they really knew this person, Li Dai, the oiran of Tianfeng Tower.
At this time, he was in a corner area of the bookstore. If we talk about this person's appearance, looking at Chen Mu's past year, this person is definitely a beauty comparable to that talented woman.
With a plump figure and flawless appearance, she is at the level of Jiu Wen at least. Compared with other brothels, in terms of talent and appearance, she is not much worse than the former leaders in the past years. If she loses, she will lose. Among the five whites in the Central Plains, there is no one.
One man was willing to write poems for his Tianfeng Tower.
It seems that this year Tianfeng Tower wants to use Chen Mu's poems to compete for the top spot.
Surrounded by the eyes of many young masters from aristocratic families, Li Dai walked slowly to the pavilion, asked the maid to order a bag of gold ingots, and threw it on the stage.
Then he spoke softly: "Can I take this painting away?"
It has to be said that Tianfeng Tower is really willing to spend money on Li Dai. Three hundred taels of gold is definitely a lot of money even for these second-generation rich people who think highly of themselves.
After Chuanzi picked up the gold ingots clearly, he nodded and said: "Miss, it's okay."
After the scroll was packed in a sandalwood box, Li Dai took it lightly, nodded with a smile, and then slowly left with the wooden box in her arms.
This one was over, and the next few were never as high as the first one, with high prices of three hundred taels of gold.
At most a hundred taels, at least only a few dozen taels of gold. It cannot be said that the poems are bad. In fact, the superb poems written by Chen Mu in the past were too high-quality. These ordinary good poems seem to be perfunctory.
However, this was done deliberately by Chen Mu. He used only one of the intangible cultural heritages, so he had to save them.
Until the second finale volume slowly unfolds.
What caught everyone's eyes was a general standing on horseback with a sword in hand. He was looking towards the battlefield, commanding thousands of troops and fighting to the death with the barbarians on the prairie!
As for this word, it was written by the national hero Yue Fei in his previous life - Man Jiang Hong!
He was so angry that the rain stopped by the railing.
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Don't wait for the young man's head to turn gray and feel empty and sad.
The ambition is to eat the meat of Huns when hungry, and to drink the blood of Huns when they are thirsty.
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Waiting to clean up the old mountains and rivers from scratch, facing the sky!
As soon as the word "painting" came out, the attention of the official disciples in the audience was immediately attracted.
What's more, the next moment, one of the descendants of one of the generals was heard slapping the table and shouting: "Good words!"
"That's a good word."
"It's domineering and awe-inspiring. I'm afraid only Chen Muneng, who defeated the Tatars, can write this in this world."
The purpose of these military generals' children coming here was to enjoy the fine wine brewed by Chen Mu, and they were not particularly interested in those crooked love words.
But the current song "Manjianghonghong" is a surprise. Whether it is a painting or a poem, it is too catering to their liking.
Over the years, Longxia has been invaded by foreign tribes many times. I want to ask these military generals and their children, who doesn’t dream of one day holding a sword and riding a horse to clean up the old mountains and rivers?
As Kawako called it quits, the auction began again.
The first bidder, Chen Mu, had an acquaintance and was the son of a Marquis Wu.
"One hundred and fifty taels of gold!"
Just after it was exported, the price was increased by one hundred taels of gold. Chen Mu, who was sweeping the floor beside him, had a feeling that this painting and words would definitely sell for a sky-high price!